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July 30, 1971 was a
Friday

July 30, 1971 was a Friday — that’s 20,037 days ago. Below you can see exactly how to work the weekday out in your head with the Doomsday algorithm, along with a few other facts about the date.

Weekday
Friday
Day of year
211 of 365
ISO week
Week 30
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
20,037

How to solve: July 30, 1971

  1. 1
    Century anchor1900s→Wednesday (3)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1271 ÷ 12→5
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1271 % 12→11
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 411 ÷ 4→2
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(3 + 5 + 11 + 2) % 7→0 → Sunday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance30 − 11→19
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  8. 8
    Final answer(0 + 19) % 7→5 → Friday

On this day in history

  • 1947Birth of Arnold Schwarzenegger

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 29, 1971 — ThursdayDay afterJuly 31, 1971 — SaturdayOne year earlierJuly 30, 1970 — ThursdayOne year laterJuly 30, 1972 — Sunday
Want to be able to do this for any date in seconds? Read the guide or practice the algorithm.
Did you know? Did you know that in Roman mythology, Friday is named after Venus, the goddess of love and beauty?